Rail-joint.



G. ASBOTH & L. HORWA'TH.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

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GEZA ASBOTH AND LOUIS HOR'W'ATI-I, O13 DONORA, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1910.

Patented Mar. 7, 1911.

Serial No. 584,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GiizA AsBorH and LoUIs Honwii'rrr, subjects of the King of Hungary, residing at Donora, in the county of \Vashington and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to rail joints, and the objects of our invention are to provide a rail chair for supporting the confronting ends of rails, whereby the ends of said rails cannot become laterally or vertically displaced, and to furnish such a chair with novel means as will be hereinafter set forth for positively anchoring the same upon ties, sleepers or other supports.

Other objects of our invention are to pro vide a rail joint that can be easily and quickly installed without the use of skilled labor and without the employment of such fastening means as bolts and nuts, and to accomplish the above results by a rail joint that is extremely simple in construction, strong, durable and eflicient for the purposes for which it is intended.

We attain the above objects by a mechanical construction that will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, where- 1n:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail joint, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a plan of the rail chair with the rails removed, Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the rail joint with the spikes removed, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View of the rail chair showing the manner of anchoring the same to a tie.

In the drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes a base plate adapted to support the base flanges 2 of rails 3. The base plate has the longitudinal edges thereof provided with integral splice bars 41, said bars extending from one end of the base plate to the opposite end thereof and having thickened or reinforced portions 5, these thickened or reinforced portions firmly bracing the webs 6 of the rails 3, while the upper edges of the splice bars 4 assist the webs in supporting the heads of said rails. The rails 3 have the base flanges 2 thereof notched, as at 7, the notches upon one side of the rail being staggeredly arranged with relation to the notches upon the opposite side. The notches 7 are adapted to vertically aline with rectangular spike openings 8 formed in the lower edges of the splice bars 1 contiguous to the longitudinal edges of the base plate'l, the openings 8 and the notches 7 vertically alining with openings 9 in the base plate 1. The walls of the openings 8 are vertical and the opposed walls-of the openings 9 are beveled, as at 10 whereby the lower ends of the openings 9 are of a greater area than the upper ends. The vertical walls of the openings 10 are connected by longitudinal integral inverted V-shaped ribs 11, these ribs dividing the openings 10 into two branches, the object of which will presently appear.

To secure the rails in the chair and upon a tie or other support 12, spikes 13 are employed, said spikes being split, as at 14 to provide two arms 15, the lower ends of said arms being pointed, as at 16. The arms 15 are in parallelism prior to being driven into position, and as the lower ends of the arms 15 impinge the inverted V-shaped ribs 11, the arms are separated and deflected into the branches of the openings 9, whereby the arms 15 of the spike are spread apart and separated to enter the tie 12 at an angle and clench the spike within the tie, as best shown in Fig. 5, thereby not only looking the rails within the chair but firmly anchoring the chair upon the tie 12.

In some instances the ribs 11 can be dispensed with and ordinary spikes used, but upon curved sections of a railway where the spreading of rails often occurs, it is preferable to use the split spike and a chair provided with ribs.

What we claim is The combination with a pair of opposing rails having the base flanges'thereof provided with notches, and a tie, of a chair for supporting the confronting ends of said rails, said chair comprising a base plate for supporting the rails and mounted upon the tie, and splice bars having flanges formed integral with the base plate for bracing the confronting ends of said rails, said base plate provided near each side with a plurality of openings, each of said flanges in proximity to its outer edge provided with openings alining with the openings of the base plate, the openings in said plate and said flanges arranged in alinement with the notches of the base flanges of the rails, longitudinally-extending V-shaped ribs formed In testimony whereof We affix our signaintegral with said base plate and interseettures in the presence of two Witnesses. ing the openings thereof, and split spikes E ASBOTH extendin through said openin s and notches and having the arms thel eof de- LOUIS HORWATH' fleeted by said ribs, said deflected arms extending into the tie whereby the chair is secured to the tie.

Witnesses:

KARL H. BUTLER, JOHN L. STEPHANY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G." 

